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Denison Mines Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Denison Mines Corp.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 1997-05-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,337 (29.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.3%, drawdown -97.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.1%, MDD -93.0%, Sharpe 0.39, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 1.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 4.9%p (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 2%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=26
6.1%-93.0%0.390.075.6x17660%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
5.3%-84.7%0.360.064.5x33645%
MACD
fast=24, slow=51, signal=21
4.3%-82.7%0.350.053.4x26051%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=30
4.5%-39.9%0.350.113.6x22%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=37
4.3%-90.5%0.340.053.5x22248%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=211
2.5%-92.9%0.280.032.1x5145%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.8
-4.1%-94.3%0.21-0.040.3x10457%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=18, mult=4
1.0%-83.8%0.210.011.3x7620%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3
0.9%-87.0%0.200.011.3x5817%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0
-6.5%-97.1%0.11-0.070.1x38050%
Buy and hold4.3%-97.9%0.430.043.5x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -93.0% (1997-10-22 → 2003-06-30), recovered after 2,521 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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